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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
it
came
to
pass
in
the
days
of
Ahasuerus (this
is
Ahasuerus
who
reigned
from
India
even
unto
Ethiopia,
over
a
hundred
and
seven
and
twenty
provinces),
\VS{2}that
in
those
days,
when
the
king
Ahasuerus
sat
on
the
throne
of
his
kingdom,
which
was
in
Shushan
the
palace,
\VS{3}in
the
third
year
of
his
reign,
he
made
a
feast
unto
all
his
princes
and
his
servants;
the
power
of
Persia
and
Media,
the
nobles
and
princes
of
the
provinces,
being
before
him;
\VS{4}when
he
showed
the
riches
of
his
glorious
kingdom
and
the
honor
of
his
excellent
majesty
many
days,
even
a
hundred
and
fourscore
days.
\VS{5}And
when
these
days
were
fulfilled,
the
king
made
a
feast
unto
all
the
people
that
were
present
in
Shushan
the
palace,
both
great
and
small,
seven
days,
in
the
court
of
the
garden
of
the
king’s
palace.
\VS{6}{\ADD{
There
were
hangings
of}}
white
{\ADD{
cloth}},
{\ADD{
of}}
green,
and
{\ADD{
of}}
blue,
fastened
with
cords
of
fine
linen
and
purple
to
silver
rings
and
pillars
of
marble:
the
couches
were
of
gold
and
silver,
upon
a
pavement
of
red,
and
white,
and
yellow,
and
black
marble.
\VS{7}And
they
gave
them
drink
in
vessels
of
gold (the
vessels
being
diverse
one
from
another),
and
royal
wine
in
abundance,
according
to
the
bounty
of
the
king.
\VS{8}And
the
drinking
was
according
to
the
law;
none
could
compel:
for
so
the
king
had
appointed
to
all
the
officers
of
his
house,
that
they
should
do
according
to
every
man’s
pleasure.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Also
Vashti
the
queen
made
a
feast
for
the
women
in
the
royal
house
which
belonged
to
king
Ahasuerus.
\VS{10}On
the
seventh
day,
when
the
heart
of
the
king
was
merry
with
wine,
he
commanded
Mehuman,
Biztha,
Harbona,
Bigtha,
and
Abagtha,
Zethar,
and
Carcas,
the
seven
chamberlains
that
ministered
in
the
presence
of
Ahasuerus
the
king,
\VS{11}to
bring
Vashti
the
queen
before
the
king
with
the
crown
royal,
to
show
the
peoples
and
the
princes
her
beauty;
for
she
was
fair
to
look
on.
\VS{12}But
the
queen
Vashti
refused
to
come
at
the
king’s
commandment
by
the
chamberlains:
therefore
was
the
king
very
wroth,
and
his
anger
burned
in
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
the
king
said
to
the
wise
men,
who
knew
the
times (for
so
was
the
king’s
manner
toward
all
that
knew
law
and
judgment;
\VS{14}and
the
next
unto
him
were
Carshena,
Shethar,
Admatha,
Tarshish,
Meres,
Marsena,
and
Memucan,
the
seven
princes
of
Persia
and
Media,
who
saw
the
king’s
face,
and
sat
first
in
the
kingdom),
\VS{15}What
shall
we
do
unto
the
queen
Vashti
according
to
law,
because
she
hath
not
done
the
bidding
of
the
king
Ahasuerus
by
the
chamberlains?
\VS{16}And
Memucan
answered
before
the
king
and
the
princes,
Vashti
the
queen
hath
not
done
wrong
to
the
king
only,
but
also
to
all
the
princes,
and
to
all
the
peoples
that
are
in
all
the
provinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus.
\VS{17}For
this
deed
of
the
queen
will
come
abroad
unto
all
women,
to
make
their
husbands
contemptible
in
their
eyes,
when
it
shall
be
reported,
The
king
Ahasuerus
commanded
Vashti
the
queen
to
be
brought
in
before
him,
but
she
came
not.
\VS{18}And
this
day
will
the
princesses
of
Persia
and
Media
who
have
heard
of
the
deed
of
the
queen
say
{\ADD{
the
like}}
unto
all
the
king’s
princes.
So
{\ADD{
will
there
arise}}
much
contempt
and
wrath.
\VS{19}If
it
please
the
king,
let
there
go
forth
a
royal
commandment
from
him,
and
let
it
be
written
among
the
laws
of
the
Persians
and
the
Medes,
that
it
be
not
altered,
that
Vashti
come
no
more
before
king
Ahasuerus;
and
let
the
king
give
her
royal
estate
unto
another
that
is
better
than
she.
\VS{20}And
when
the
king’s
decree
which
he
shall
make
shall
be
published
throughout
all
his
kingdom (for
it
is
great),
all
the
wives
will
give
to
their
husbands
honor,
both
to
great
and
small.
\VS{21}And
the
saying
pleased
the
king
and
the
princes;
and
the
king
did
according
to
the
word
of
Memucan:
\VS{22}for
he
sent
letters
into
all
the
king’s
provinces,
into
every
province
according
to
the
writing
thereof,
and
to
every
people
after
their
language,
that
every
man
should
bear
rule
in
his
own
house,
and
should
speak
according
to
the
language
of
his
people.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
these
things,
when
the
wrath
of
king
Ahasuerus
was
pacified,
he
remembered
Vashti,
and
what
she
had
done,
and
what
was
decreed
against
her.
\VS{2}Then
said
the
king’s
servants
that
ministered
unto
him,
Let
there
be
fair
young
virgins
sought
for
the
king:
\VS{3}and
let
the
king
appoint
officers
in
all
the
provinces
of
his
kingdom,
that
they
may
gather
together
all
the
fair
young
virgins
unto
Shushan
the
palace,
to
the
house
of
the
women,
unto
the
custody
of
Hegai
the
king’s
chamberlain,
keeper
of
the
women;
and
let
their
things
for
purification
be
given
them;
\VS{4}and
let
the
maiden
that
pleaseth
the
king
be
queen
instead
of
Vashti.
And
the
thing
pleased
the
king;
and
he
did
so.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}There
was
a
certain
Jew
in
Shushan
the
palace,
whose
name
was
Mordecai,
the
son
of
Jair,
the
son
of
Shimei,
the
son
of
Kish,
a
Benjamite,
\VS{6}who
had
been
carried
away
from
Jerusalem
with
the
captives
that
had
been
carried
away
with
Jeconiah
king
of
Judah,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away.
\VS{7}And
he
brought
up
Hadassah,
that
is,
Esther,
his
uncle’s
daughter:
for
she
had
neither
father
nor
mother,
and
the
maiden
was
fair
and
beautiful;
and
when
her
father
and
mother
were
dead,
Mordecai
took
her
for
his
own
daughter.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}So
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
king’s
commandment
and
his
decree
was
heard,
and
when
many
maidens
were
gathered
together
unto
Shushan
the
palace,
to
the
custody
of
Hegai,
that
Esther
was
taken
into
the
king’s
house,
to
the
custody
of
Hegai,
keeper
of
the
women.
\VS{9}And
the
maiden
pleased
him,
and
she
obtained
kindness
of
him;
and
he
speedily
gave
her
her
things
for
purification,
with
her
portions,
and
the
seven
maidens
who
were
meet
to
be
given
her
out
of
the
king’s
house:
and
he
removed
her
and
her
maidens
to
the
best
place
of
the
house
of
the
women.
\VS{10}Esther
had
not
made
known
her
people
nor
her
kindred;
for
Mordecai
had
charged
her
that
she
should
not
make
it
known.
\VS{11}And
Mordecai
walked
every
day
before
the
court
of
the
women’s
house,
to
know
how
Esther
did,
and
what
would
become
of
her.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Now
when
the
turn
of
every
maiden
was
come
to
go
in
to
king
Ahasuerus,
after
that
it
had
been
done
to
her
according
to
the
law
for
the
women
twelve
months (for
so
were
the
days
of
their
purifications
accomplished,
{\ADD{
to
wit}},
six
months
with
oil
of
myrrh,
and
six
months
with
sweet odors
and
with
the
things
for
the
purifying
of
the
women),
\VS{13}then
in
this
wise
came
the
maiden
unto
the
king:
Whatsoever
she
desired
was
given
her
to
go
with
her
out
of
the
house
of
the
women
unto
the
king’s
house.
\VS{14}In
the
evening
she
went,
and
on
the
morrow
she
returned
into
the
second
house
of
the
women,
to
the
custody
of
Shaashgaz,
the
king’s
chamberlain,
who
kept
the
concubines:
she
came
in
unto
the
king
no
more,
except
the
king
delighted
in
her,
and
she
were
called
by
name.
\VS{15}Now
when
the
turn
of
Esther,
the
daughter
of
Abihail
the
uncle
of
Mordecai,
who
had
taken
her
for
his
daughter,
was
come
to
go
in
unto
the
king,
she
required
nothing
but
what
Hegai
the
king’s
chamberlain,
the
keeper
of
the
women,
appointed.
And
Esther
obtained
favor
in
the
sight
of
all
them
that
looked
upon
her.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}So
Esther
was
taken
unto
king
Ahasuerus
into
his
house
royal
in
the
tenth
month,
which
is
the
month
Tebeth,
in
the
seventh
year
of
his
reign.
\VS{17}And
the
king
loved
Esther
above
all
the
women,
and
she
obtained
favor
and
kindness
in
his
sight
more
than
all
the
virgins;
so
that
he
set
the
royal
crown
upon
her
head,
and
made
her
queen
instead
of
Vashti.
\VS{18}Then
the
king
made
a
great
feast
unto
all
his
princes
and
his
servants,
even
Esther’s
feast;
and
he
made
a
release
to
the
provinces,
and
gave
gifts,
according
to
the
bounty
of
the
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}And
when
the
virgins
were
gathered
together
the
second
time,
then
Mordecai
was
sitting
in
the
king’s
gate.
\VS{20}Esther
had
not
yet
made
known
her
kindred
nor
her
people;
as
Mordecai
had
charged
her:
for
Esther
did
the
commandment
of
Mordecai,
like
as
when
she
was
brought
up
with
him.
\VS{21}In
those
days,
while
Mordecai
was
sitting
in
the
king’s
gate,
two
of
the
king’s
chamberlains,
Bigthan
and
Teresh,
of
those
that
kept
the
threshold,
were
wroth,
and
sought
to
lay
hands
on
the
king
Ahasuerus.
\VS{22}And
the
thing
became
known
to
Mordecai,
who
showed
it
unto
Esther
the
queen;
and
Esther
told
the
king
{\ADD{
thereof}}
in
Mordecai’s
name.
\VS{23}And
when
inquisition
was
made
of
the
matter,
and
it
was
found
to
be
so,
they
were
both
hanged
on
a
tree:
and
it
was
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
before
the
king.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
these
things
did
king
Ahasuerus
promote
Haman
the
son
of
Hammedatha
the
Agagite,
and
advanced
him,
and
set
his
seat
above
all
the
princes
that
were
with
him.
\VS{2}And
all
the
king’s
servants,
that
were
in
the
king’s
gate,
bowed
down,
and
did
reverence
to
Haman;
for
the
king
had
so
commanded
concerning
him.
But
Mordecai
bowed
not
down,
nor
did
him
reverence.
\VS{3}Then
the
king’s
servants,
that
were
in
the
king’s
gate,
said
unto
Mordecai,
Why
transgressest
thou
the
king’s
commandment?
\VS{4}Now
it
came
to
pass,
when
they
spake
daily
unto
him,
and
he
hearkened
not
unto
them,
that
they
told
Haman,
to
see
whether
Mordecai’s
matters
would
stand:
for
he
had
told
them
that
he
was
a
Jew.
\VS{5}And
when
Haman
saw
that
Mordecai
bowed
not
down,
nor
did
him
reverence,
then
was
Haman
full
of
wrath.
\VS{6}But
he
thought
scorn
to
lay
hands
on
Mordecai
alone;
for
they
had
made
known
to
him
the
people
of
Mordecai:
wherefore
Haman
sought
to
destroy
all
the
Jews
that
were
throughout
the
whole
kingdom
of
Ahasuerus,
even
the
people
of
Mordecai.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}In
the
first
month,
which
is
the
month
Nisan,
in
the
twelfth
year
of
king
Ahasuerus,
they
cast
Pur,
that
is,
the
lot,
before
Haman
from
day
to
day,
and
from
month
to
month,
{\ADD{
to}}
the
twelfth
{\ADD{
month}},
which
is
the
month
Adar.
\VS{8}And
Haman
said
unto
king
Ahasuerus,
There
is
a
certain
people
scattered
abroad
and
dispersed
among
the
peoples
in
all
the
provinces
of
thy
kingdom;
and
their
laws
are
diverse
from
{\ADD{
those
of}}
every
people;
neither
keep
they
the
king’s
laws:
therefore
it
is
not
for
the
king’s
profit
to
suffer
them.
\VS{9}If
it
please
the
king,
let
it
be
written
that
they
be
destroyed:
and
I
will
pay
ten
thousand
talents
of
silver
into
the
hands
of
those
that
have
the
charge
of
the
{\ADD{
king’s}}
business,
to
bring
it
into
the
king’s
treasuries.
\VS{10}And
the
king
took
his
ring
from
his
hand,
and
gave
it
unto
Haman
the
son
of
Hammedatha
the
Agagite,
the
Jews’
enemy.
\VS{11}And
the
king
said
unto
Haman,
The
silver
is
given
to
thee,
the
people
also,
to
do
with
them
as
it
seemeth
good
to
thee.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
were
the
king’s
scribes
called
in
the
first
month,
on
the
thirteenth
day
thereof;
and
there
was
written
according
to
all
that
Haman
commanded
unto
the
king’s
satraps,
and
to
the
governors
that
were
over
every
province,
and
to
the
princes
of
every
people,
to
every
province
according
to
the
writing
thereof,
and
to
every
people
after
their
language;
in
the
name
of
king
Ahasuerus
was
it
written,
and
it
was
sealed
with
the
king’s
ring.
\VS{13}And
letters
were
sent
by
posts
into
all
the
king’s
provinces,
to
destroy,
to
slay,
and
to
cause
to
perish,
all
Jews,
both
young
and
old,
little
children
and
women,
in
one
day,
even
upon
the
thirteenth
{\ADD{
day}}
of
the
twelfth
month,
which
is
the
month
Adar,
and
to
take
the
spoil
of
them
for
a
prey.
\VS{14}A
copy
of
the
writing,
that
the
decree
should
be
given
out
in
every
province,
was
published
unto
all
the
peoples,
that
they
should
be
ready
against
that
day.
\VS{15}The
posts
went
forth
in
haste
by
the
king’s
commandment,
and
the
decree
was
given
out
in
Shushan
the
palace.
And
the
king
and
Haman
sat
down
to
drink;
but
the
city
of
Shushan
was
perplexed.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
when
Mordecai
knew
all
that
was
done,
Mordecai
rent
his
clothes,
and
put
on
sackcloth
with
ashes,
and
went
out
into
the
midst
of
the
city,
and
cried
with
a
loud
and
a
bitter
cry;
\VS{2}and
he
came
even
before
the
king’s
gate:
for
none
might
enter
within
the
king’s
gate
clothed
with
sackcloth.
\VS{3}And
in
every
province,
whithersoever
the
king’s
commandment
and
his
decree
came,
there
was
great
mourning
among
the
Jews,
and
fasting,
and
weeping,
and
wailing;
and
many
lay
in
sackcloth
and
ashes.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
Esther’s
maidens
and
her
chamberlains
came
and
told
it
her;
and
the
queen
was
exceedingly
grieved:
and
she
sent
raiment
to
clothe
Mordecai,
and
to
take
his
sackcloth
from
off
him;
but
he
received
it
not.
\VS{5}Then
called
Esther
for
Hathach,
one
of
the
king’s
chamberlains,
whom
he
had
appointed
to
attend
upon
her,
and
charged
him
to
go
to
Mordecai,
to
know
what
this
was,
and
why
it
was.
\VS{6}So
Hathach
went
forth
to
Mordecai
unto
the
broad
place
of
the
city,
which
was
before
the
king’s
gate.
\VS{7}And
Mordecai
told
him
of
all
that
had
happened
unto
him,
and
the
exact
sum
of
the
money
that
Haman
had
promised
to
pay
to
the
king’s
treasuries
for
the
Jews,
to
destroy
them.
\VS{8}Also
he
gave
him
the
copy
of
the
writing
of
the
decree
that
was
given
out
in
Shushan
to
destroy
them,
to
show
it
unto
Esther,
and
to
declare
it
unto
her,
and
to
charge
her
that
she
should
go
in
unto
the
king,
to
make
supplication
unto
him,
and
to
make
request
before
him,
for
her
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}And
Hathach
came
and
told
Esther
the
words
of
Mordecai.
\VS{10}Then
Esther
spake
unto
Hathach,
and
gave
him
a
message
unto
Mordecai,
{\ADD{
saying}}:
\VS{11}All
the
king’s
servants,
and
the
people
of
the
king’s
provinces,
do
know,
that
whosoever,
whether
man
or
woman,
shall
come
unto
the
king
into
the
inner
court,
who
is
not
called,
there
is
one
law
for
him,
that
he
be
put
to
death,
except
those
to
whom
the
king
shall
hold
out
the
golden
sceptre,
that
he
may
live:
but
I
have
not
been
called
to
come
in
unto
the
king
these
thirty
days.
\VS{12}And
they
told
to
Mordecai
Esther’s
words.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
Mordecai
bade
them
return
answer
unto
Esther,
Think
not
with
thyself
that
thou shalt
escape
in
the
king’s
house,
more
than
all
the
Jews.
\VS{14}For
if
thou
altogether
holdest
thy
peace
at
this
time,
then
will
relief
and
deliverance
arise
to
the
Jews
from
another
place,
but
thou
and
thy
father’s
house
will
perish:
and
who
knoweth
whether
thou
art
not
come
to
the
kingdom
for
such
a
time
as
this?
\VS{15}Then
Esther
bade
them
return
answer
unto
Mordecai,
\VS{16}Go,
gather
together
all
the
Jews
that
are
present
in
Shushan,
and
fast
ye
for
me,
and
neither
eat
nor
drink
three
days,
night
or
day:
I
also
and
my
maidens
will
fast
in
like
manner;
and
so
will
I
go
in
unto
the
king,
which
is
not
according
to
the
law:
and
if
I
perish,
I
perish.
\VS{17}So
Mordecai
went
his
way,
and
did
according
to
all
that
Esther
had
commanded
him.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
it
came
to
pass
on
the
third
day,
that
Esther
put
on
her
royal
apparel,
and
stood
in
the
inner
court
of
the
king’s
house,
over
against
the
king’s
house:
and
the
king
sat
upon
his
royal
throne
in
the
royal
house,
over
against
the
entrance
of
the
house.
\VS{2}And
it
was
so,
when
the
king
saw
Esther
the
queen
standing
in
the
court,
that
she
obtained
favor
in
his
sight;
and
the
king
held
out
to
Esther
the
golden
sceptre
that
was
in
his
hand.
So
Esther
drew
near,
and
touched
the
top
of
the
sceptre.
\VS{3}Then
said
the
king
unto
her,
What
wilt
thou,
queen
Esther?
and
what
is
thy
request?
it
shall
be
given
thee
even
to
the
half
of
the
kingdom.
\VS{4}And
Esther
said,
If
it
seem
good
unto
the
king,
let
the
king
and
Haman
come
this
day
unto
the
banquet
that
I
have
prepared
for
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Then
the
king
said,
Cause
Haman
to
make
haste,
that
it
may
be
done
as
Esther
hath
said.
So
the
king
and
Haman
came
to
the
banquet
that
Esther
had
prepared.
\VS{6}And
the
king
said
unto
Esther
at
the
banquet
of
wine,
What
is
thy
petition?
and
it
shall
be
granted
thee:
and
what
is
thy
request?
even
to
the
half
of
the
kingdom
it
shall
be
performed.
\VS{7}Then
answered
Esther,
and
said,
My
petition
and
my
request
is:
\VS{8}If
I
have
found
favor
in
the
sight
of
the
king,
and
if
it
please
the
king
to
grant
my
petition,
and
to
perform
my
request,
let
the
king
and
Haman
come
to
the
banquet
that
I
shall
prepare
for
them,
and
I
will
do to-morrow
as
the
king
hath
said.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
went
Haman
forth
that
day
joyful
and
glad
of
heart:
but
when
Haman
saw
Mordecai
in
the
king’s
gate,
that
he
stood
not
up
nor
moved
for
him,
he
was
filled
with
wrath
against
Mordecai.
\VS{10}Nevertheless
Haman
refrained
himself,
and
went
home;
and
he
sent
and
fetched
his
friends
and
Zeresh
his
wife.
\VS{11}And
Haman
recounted
unto
them
the
glory
of
his
riches,
and
the
multitude
of
his
children,
and
all
the
things
wherein
the
king
had
promoted
him,
and
how
he
had
advanced
him
above
the
princes
and
servants
of
the
king.
\VS{12}Haman
said
moreover,
Yea,
Esther
the
queen
did
let
no
man
come
in
with
the
king
unto
the
banquet
that
she
had
prepared
but
myself;
and to-morrow
also
am
I
invited
by
her
together
with
the
king.
\VS{13}Yet
all
this
availeth
me
nothing,
so
long
as
I
see
Mordecai
the
Jew
sitting
at
the
king’s
gate.
\VS{14}Then
said
Zeresh
his
wife
and
all
his
friends
unto
him,
Let
a
gallows
be
made
fifty
cubits
high,
and
in
the
morning
speak
thou
unto
the
king
that
Mordecai
may
be
hanged
thereon:
then
go
thou
in
merrily
with
the
king
unto
the
banquet.
And
the
thing
pleased
Haman;
and
he
caused
the
gallows
to
be
made.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
that
night
could
not
the
king
sleep;
and
he
commanded
to
bring
the
book
of
records
of
the
chronicles,
and
they
were
read
before
the
king.
\VS{2}And
it
was
found
written,
that
Mordecai
had
told
of
Bigthana
and
Teresh,
two
of
the
king’s
chamberlains,
of
those
that
kept
the
threshold,
who
had
sought
to
lay
hands
on
the
king
Ahasuerus.
\VS{3}And
the
king
said,
What
honor
and
dignity
hath
been
bestowed
on
Mordecai
for
this?
Then
said
the
king’s
servants
that
ministered
unto
him,
There
is
nothing
done
for
him.
\VS{4}And
the
king
said,
Who
is
in
the
court?
Now
Haman
was
come
into
the
outward
court
of
the
king’s
house,
to
speak
unto
the
king
to
hang
Mordecai
on
the
gallows
that
he
had
prepared
for
him.
\VS{5}And
the
king’s
servants
said
unto
him,
Behold,
Haman
standeth
in
the
court.
And
the
king
said,
Let
him
come
in.
\VS{6}So
Haman
came
in.
And
the
king
said
unto
him,
What
shall
be
done
unto
the
man
whom
the
king
delighteth
to
honor?
Now
Haman
said
in
his
heart,
To
whom
would
the
king
delight
to
do
honor
more
than
to
myself?
\VS{7}And
Haman
said
unto
the
king,
For
the
man
whom
the
king
delighteth
to
honor,
\VS{8}let
royal
apparel
be
brought
which
the
king
useth
to
wear,
and
the
horse
that
the
king
rideth
upon,
and
on
the
head
of
which
a
crown
royal
is
set:
\VS{9}and
let
the
apparel
and
the
horse
be
delivered
to
the
hand
of
one
of
the
king’s
most
noble
princes,
that
they
may
array
the
man
therewith
whom
the
king
delighteth
to
honor,
and
cause
him
to
ride
on
horseback
through
the
street
of
the
city,
and
proclaim
before
him,
Thus
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
whom
the
king
delighteth
to
honor.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then
the
king
said
to
Haman,
Make
haste,
and
take
the
apparel
and
the
horse,
as
thou
hast
said,
and
do
even
so
to
Mordecai
the
Jew,
that
sitteth
at
the
king’s
gate:
let
nothing
fail
of
all
that
thou
hast
spoken.
\VS{11}Then
took
Haman
the
apparel
and
the
horse,
and
arrayed
Mordecai,
and
caused
him
to
ride
through
the
street
of
the
city,
and
proclaimed
before
him,
Thus
shall
it
be
done
unto
the
man
whom
the
king
delighteth
to
honor.
\VS{12}And
Mordecai
came
again
to
the
king’s
gate.
But
Haman
hasted
to
his
house,
mourning
and
having
his
head
covered.
\VS{13}And
Haman
recounted
unto
Zeresh
his
wife
and
all
his
friends
everything
that
had
befallen
him.
Then
said
his
wise
men
and
Zeresh
his
wife
unto
him,
If
Mordecai,
before
whom
thou
hast
begun
to
fall,
be
of
the
seed
of
the
Jews,
thou shalt
not
prevail
against
him,
but shalt
surely
fall
before
him.
\VS{14}While
they
were
yet
talking
with
him,
came
the
king’s
chamberlains,
and
hasted
to
bring
Haman
unto
the
banquet
that
Esther
had
prepared.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
the
king
and
Haman
came
to
banquet
with
Esther
the
queen.
\VS{2}And
the
king
said
again
unto
Esther
on
the
second
day
at
the
banquet
of
wine,
What
is
thy
petition,
queen
Esther?
and
it
shall
be
granted
thee:
and
what
is
thy
request?
even
to
the
half
of
the
kingdom
it
shall
be
performed.
\VS{3}Then
Esther
the
queen
answered
and
said,
If
I
have
found
favor
in
thy
sight,
O
king,
and
if
it
please
the
king,
let
my
life
be
given
me
at
my
petition,
and
my
people
at
my
request:
\VS{4}for
we
are
sold,
I
and
my
people,
to
be
destroyed,
to
be
slain,
and
to
perish.
But
if
we
had
been
sold
for
bondmen
and
bondwomen,
I
had
held
my
peace,
although
the
adversary
could
not
have compensated
for
the
king’s
damage.
\VS{5}Then
spake
the
king
Ahasuerus
and
said
unto
Esther
the
queen,
Who
is
he,
and
where
is
he,
that
durst
presume
in
his
heart
to
do
so?
\VS{6}And
Esther
said,
An
adversary
and
an
enemy,
even
this
wicked
Haman.
Then
Haman
was
afraid
before
the
king
and
the
queen.
\VS{7}And
the
king
arose
in
his
wrath
from
the
banquet
of
wine
{\ADD{
and
went}}
into
the
palace
garden:
and
Haman
stood
up
to
make
request
for
his
life
to
Esther
the
queen;
for
he
saw
that
there
was
evil
determined
against
him
by
the
king.
\VS{8}Then
the
king
returned
out
of
the
palace
garden
into
the
place
of
the
banquet
of
wine;
and
Haman
was
fallen
upon
the
couch
whereon
Esther
was.
Then
said
the
king,
Will
he
even
force
the
queen
before
me
in
the
house?
As
the
word
went
out
of
the
king’s
mouth,
they
covered
Haman’s
face.
\VS{9}Then
said
Harbonah,
one
of
the
chamberlains
that
were
before
the
king,
Behold
also,
the
gallows
fifty
cubits
high,
which
Haman
hath
made
for
Mordecai,
who
spake
good
for
the
king,
standeth
in
the
house
of
Haman.
And
the
king
said,
Hang
him
thereon.
\VS{10}So
they
hanged
Haman
on
the
gallows
that
he
had
prepared
for
Mordecai.
Then
was
the
king’s
wrath
pacified.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}On
that
day
did
the
king
Ahasuerus
give
the
house
of
Haman
the
Jews’
enemy
unto
Esther
the
queen.
And
Mordecai
came
before
the
king;
for
Esther
had
told
what
he
was
unto
her.
\VS{2}And
the
king
took
off
his
ring,
which
he
had
taken
from
Haman,
and
gave
it
unto
Mordecai.
And
Esther
set
Mordecai
over
the
house
of
Haman.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}And
Esther
spake
yet
again
before
the
king,
and
fell
down
at
his
feet,
and
besought
him
with
tears
to
put
away
the
mischief
of
Haman
the
Agagite,
and
his
device
that
he
had
devised
against
the
Jews.
\VS{4}Then
the
king
held
out
to
Esther
the
golden
sceptre.
So
Esther
arose,
and
stood
before
the
king.
\VS{5}And
she
said,
If
it
please
the
king,
and
if
I
have
found
favor
in
his
sight,
and
the
thing
seem
right
before
the
king,
and
I
be
pleasing
in
his
eyes,
let
it
be
written
to
reverse
the
letters
devised
by
Haman,
the
son
of
Hammedatha
the
Agagite,
which
he
wrote
to
destroy
the
Jews
that
are
in
all
the
king’s
provinces:
\VS{6}for
how
can
I
endure
to
see
the
evil
that
shall
come
unto
my
people?
or
how
can
I
endure
to
see
the
destruction
of
my
kindred?
\VS{7}Then
the
king
Ahasuerus
said
unto
Esther
the
queen
and
to
Mordecai
the
Jew,
Behold,
I
have
given
Esther
the
house
of
Haman,
and
him
they
have
hanged
upon
the
gallows,
because
he
laid
his
hand
upon
the
Jews.
\VS{8}Write
ye
also
to
the
Jews,
as
it
pleaseth
you,
in
the
king’s
name,
and
seal
it
with
the
king’s
ring;
for
the
writing
which
is
written
in
the
king’s
name,
and
sealed
with
the
king’s
ring,
may
no
man
reverse.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
were
the
king’s
scribes
called
at
that
time,
in
the
third
month,
which
is
the
month
Sivan,
on
the
three
and
twentieth
{\ADD{
day}}
thereof;
and
it
was
written
according
to
all
that
Mordecai
commanded
unto
the
Jews,
and
to
the
satraps,
and
the
governors
and
princes
of
the
provinces
which
are
from
India
unto
Ethiopia,
a
hundred
twenty
and
seven
provinces,
unto
every
province
according
to
the
writing
thereof,
and
unto
every
people
after
their
language,
and
to
the
Jews
according
to
their
writing,
and
according
to
their
language.
\VS{10}And
he
wrote
in
the
name
of
king
Ahasuerus,
and
sealed
it
with
the
king’s
ring,
and
sent
letters
by
posts
on
horseback,
riding
on
swift
steeds
that
were
used
in
the
king’s
service,
bred
of
the
stud:
\VS{11}wherein
the
king
granted
the
Jews
that
were
in
every
city
to
gather
themselves
together,
and
to
stand
for
their
life,
to
destroy,
to
slay,
and
to
cause
to
perish,
all
the
power
of
the
people
and
province
that
would
assault
them,
{\ADD{
their}}
little
ones
and
women,
and
to
take
the
spoil
of
them
for
a
prey,
\VS{12}upon
one
day
in
all
the
provinces
of
king
Ahasuerus,
{\ADD{
namely}},
upon
the
thirteenth
{\ADD{
day}}
of
the
twelfth
month,
which
is
the
month
Adar.
\VS{13}A
copy
of
the
writing,
that
the
decree
should
be
given
out
in
every
province,
was
published
unto
all
the
peoples,
and
that
the
Jews
should
be
ready
against
that
day
to
avenge
themselves
on
their
enemies.
\VS{14}So
the
posts
that
rode
upon
swift
steeds
that
were
used
in
the
king’s
service
went
out,
being
hastened
and
pressed
on
by
the
king’s
commandment;
and
the
decree
was
given
out
in
Shushan
the
palace.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}And
Mordecai
went
forth
from
the
presence
of
the
king
in
royal
apparel
of
blue
and
white,
and
with
a
great
crown
of
gold,
and
with
a
robe
of
fine
linen
and
purple:
and
the
city
of
Shushan
shouted
and
was
glad.
\VS{16}The
Jews
had
light
and
gladness,
and
joy
and
honor.
\VS{17}And
in
every
province,
and
in
every
city,
whithersoever
the
king’s
commandment
and
his
decree
came,
the
Jews
had
gladness
and
joy,
a
feast
and
a
good
day.
And
many
from
among
the
peoples
of
the
land
became
Jews;
for
the
fear
of
the
Jews
was
fallen
upon
them.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
in
the
twelfth
month,
which
is
the
month
Adar,
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
same,
when
the
king’s
commandment
and
his
decree
drew
near
to
be
put
in
execution,
on
the
day
that
the
enemies
of
the
Jews
hoped
to
have
rule
over
them (whereas
it
was
turned
to
the
contrary,
that
the
Jews
had
rule
over
them
that
hated
them),
\VS{2}the
Jews
gathered
themselves
together
in
their
cities
throughout
all
the
provinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
to
lay
hand
on
such
as
sought
their
hurt:
and
no
man
could
withstand
them;
for
the
fear
of
them
was
fallen
upon
all
the
peoples.
\VS{3}And
all
the
princes
of
the
provinces,
and
the
satraps,
and
the
governors,
and
they
that
did
the
king’s
business,
helped
the
Jews;
because
the
fear
of
Mordecai
was
fallen
upon
them.
\VS{4}For
Mordecai
was
great
in
the
king’s
house,
and
his
fame
went
forth
throughout
all
the
provinces;
for
the
man
Mordecai
waxed
greater
and
greater.
\VS{5}And
the
Jews
smote
all
their
enemies
with
the
stroke
of
the
sword,
and
with
slaughter
and
destruction,
and
did
what
they
would
unto
them
that
hated
them.
\VS{6}And
in
Shushan
the
palace
the
Jews
slew
and
destroyed
five
hundred
men.
\VS{7}And
Parshandatha,
and
Dalphon,
and
Aspatha,
\VS{8}and
Poratha,
and
Adalia,
and
Aridatha,
\VS{9}and
Parmashta,
and
Arisai,
and
Aridai,
and
Vaizatha,
\VS{10}the
ten
sons
of
Haman
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
the
Jews’
enemy,
slew
they;
but
on
the
spoil
they
laid
not
their
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}On
that
day
the
number
of
those
that
were
slain
in
Shushan
the
palace
was
brought
before
the
king.
\VS{12}And
the
king
said
unto
Esther
the
queen,
The
Jews
have
slain
and
destroyed
five
hundred
men
in
Shushan
the
palace,
and
the
ten
sons
of
Haman;
what
then
have
they
done
in
the
rest
of
the
king’s
provinces!
Now
what
is
thy
petition?
and
it
shall
be
granted
thee:
or
what
is
thy
request
further?
and
it
shall
be
done.
\VS{13}Then
said
Esther,
If
it
please
the
king,
let
it
be
granted
to
the
Jews
that
are
in
Shushan
to
do to-morrow
also
according
unto
this
day’s
decree,
and
let
Haman’s
ten
sons
be
hanged
upon
the
gallows.
\VS{14}And
the
king
commanded
it
so
to
be
done:
and
a
decree
was
given
out
in
Shushan;
and
they
hanged
Haman’s
ten
sons.
\VS{15}And
the
Jews
that
were
in
Shushan
gathered
themselves
together
on
the
fourteenth
day
also
of
the
month
Adar,
and
slew
three
hundred
men
in
Shushan;
but
on
the
spoil
they
laid
not
their
hand.
\VS{16}And
the
other
Jews
that
were
in
the
king’s
provinces
gathered
themselves
together,
and
stood
for
their
lives,
and
had
rest
from
their
enemies,
and
slew
of
them
that
hated
them
seventy
and
five
thousand;
but
on
the
spoil
they
laid
not
their
hand.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}{\ADD{
This
was
done}}
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar;
and
on
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
same
they
rested,
and
made
it
a
day
of
feasting
and
gladness.
\VS{18}But
the
Jews
that
were
in
Shushan
assembled
together
on
the
thirteenth
{\ADD{
day}}
thereof,
and
on
the
fourteenth
thereof;
and
on
the
fifteenth
{\ADD{
day}}
of
the
same
they
rested,
and
made
it
a
day
of
feasting
and
gladness.
\VS{19}Therefore
do
the
Jews
of
the
villages,
that
dwell
in
the
unwalled
towns,
make
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar
{\ADD{
a
day
of}}
gladness
and
feasting,
and
a
good
day,
and
of
sending
portions
one
to
another.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}And
Mordecai
wrote
these
things,
and
sent
letters
unto
all
the
Jews
that
were
in
all
the
provinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
both
nigh
and
far,
\VS{21}to enjoin
them
that
they
should
keep
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar,
and
the
fifteenth
day
of
the
same,
yearly,
\VS{22}as
the
days
wherein
the
Jews
had
rest
from
their
enemies,
and
the
month
which
was
turned
unto
them
from
sorrow
to
gladness,
and
from
mourning
into
a
good
day;
that
they
should
make
them
days
of
feasting
and
gladness,
and
of
sending
portions
one
to
another,
and
gifts
to
the
poor.
\VS{23}And
the
Jews
undertook
to
do
as
they
had
begun,
and
as
Mordecai
had
written
unto
them;
\VS{24}because
Haman
the
son
of
Hammedatha,
the
Agagite,
the
enemy
of
all
the
Jews,
had
plotted
against
the
Jews
to
destroy
them,
and
had
cast
Pur,
that
is
the
lot,
to
consume
them,
and
to
destroy
them;
\VS{25}but
when
{\ADD{
the
matter}}
came
before
the
king,
he
commanded
by
letters
that
his
wicked
device,
which
he
had
devised
against
the
Jews,
should
return
upon
his
own
head,
and
that
he
and
his
sons
should
be
hanged
on
the
gallows.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Wherefore
they
called
these
days
Purim,
after
the
name
of
Pur.
Therefore
because
of
all
the
words
of
this
letter,
and
of
that
which
they
had
seen
concerning
this
matter,
and
that
which
had
come
unto
them,
\VS{27}the
Jews
ordained,
and
took
upon
them,
and
upon
their
seed,
and
upon
all
such
as
joined
themselves
unto
them,
so
that
it
should
not
fail,
that
they
would
keep
these
two
days
according
to
the
writing
thereof,
and
according
to
the
appointed
time
thereof,
every
year;
\VS{28}and
that
these
days
should
be
remembered
and
kept
throughout
every
generation,
every
family,
every
province,
and
every
city;
and
that
these
days
of
Purim
should
not
fail
from
among
the
Jews,
nor
the
remembrance
of
them
perish
from
their
seed.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Then
Esther
the
queen,
the
daughter
of
Abihail,
and
Mordecai
the
Jew,
wrote
with
all
authority
to
confirm
this
second
letter
of
Purim.
\VS{30}And
he
sent
letters
unto
all
the
Jews,
to
the
hundred
twenty
and
seven
provinces
of
the
kingdom
of
Ahasuerus,
{\ADD{
with}}
words
of
peace
and
truth,
\VS{31}to
confirm
these
days
of
Purim
in
their
appointed
times,
according
as
Mordecai
the
Jew
and
Esther
the
queen
had
enjoined
them,
and
as
they
had
ordained
for
themselves
and
for
their
seed,
in
the
matter
of
the
fastings
and
their
cry.
\VS{32}And
the
commandment
of
Esther
confirmed
these
matters
of
Purim;
and
it
was
written
in
the
book.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
king
Ahasuerus
laid
a
tribute
upon
the
land,
and
upon
the
isles
of
the
sea.
\VS{2}And
all
the
acts
of
his
power
and
of
his
might,
and
the
full
account
of
the
greatness
of
Mordecai, whereunto
the
king
advanced
him,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Media
and
Persia?
\VS{3}For
Mordecai
the
Jew
was
next
unto
king
Ahasuerus,
and
great
among
the
Jews,
and
accepted
of
the
multitude
of
his
brethren,
seeking
the
good
of
his
people,
and
speaking
peace
to
all
his
seed.
\par }